Church/state affairs (e.g., politics and Christianity, public schools and religion, separation of church and state)

Practical problems with religious significance (e.g., church planting, church work with specific needs groups, preaching)

Information is gathered and indexed from major scholarly articles, brochures, pamphlets, and unpublished resources.

This resource center houses manuscript collections pertinent to the history of Fundamentalism and Fundamentalist approaches to religious and social issues. Collections currently available include

G. Archer Weniger (1915-82) papers, California Fundamentalist leader who published The Blu-Print and was deeply involved in the Conservative Baptist Association and later the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship

W.O.H. Garman (1899-1983) papers, pastor and advocate on behalf of Fundamentalists in the military chaplaincy through the Associated Gospel Churches

In addition, research reports and other documents are produced by the Fundamentalism File. The Fundamentalism File came into existence in 1978 at the suggestion of Dr. Bob Jones Jr., who wanted a resource center for tracking information on current religious and theological topics, creating “a history of religion in our time.”

Requesting Information

The Fundamentalism File is available by appointment only.

The Fundamentalism File associates will work with your research request and pull the materials for your research. There is a nominal charge for photocopies. PDF files are also available upon request, dependent upon copyright restrictions.

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